The Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation is seeking applications for two fellowships with application deadlines of March 16, 2012:
The Junior Faculty MeRIT Fellowship is intended to support junior faculty member develop an autism-related independent research program. Each applicant must hold an MD or MD/PhD, be a faculty member within the first five years of a career at Harvard Medical School or an affiliated institution, have at least two years of postdoctoral research experience and be actively engaged in research related to autism. Fellows will receive $75,000 each year for two years, plus $10,000 each year for supplies.
The Nancy Lurie Marks Postdoctoral Fellowship is intended to provide salary support and limited funds for research supplies to a postdoctoral fellow who holds an MD and/or PhD, is affiliated with HMS or an affiliated hospital, who has at least two years of prior postdoctoral experience and is actively engaged in autism-related research.
For details, visit nlmfoundation.org.